The first four minutes of the game saw both teams searching for some offense but Knell took the lid off the bucket for the Cougars with a 3-pointer from deep off a ball screen from Aly Khalifa. Noah Waterman and Spencer Johnson added seven and six points, respectively. The sophomore point guard had 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal. Nine 3-pointers put Knell one shy of tying Chase Fischer (2015) for the program’s all-time single game record.ĭallin Hall was the only other Cougar to score in double figures. Knell’s career-high 27 points came on a 9-of-16 shooting performance, including 9-of-14 from deep. The Bearcats also controlled points in the paint 30-12 and outscored the Cougar bench 27-10. The Cougars did score 19 points off 19 Bearcat turnovers but the visitors reigned in other key categories that proved deadly.īYU was outrebounded 45-36 and outscored 14-5 in second-chance points. BYU gave the ball away a season-high 18 times and saw Cincinnati score 17 points as a result. Turnovers didn’t help the Cougars’ cause either. The Bearcats finished the game outshooting BYU 43-33 percent from the field and 40-28 percent from distance. Cincinnati, however, shot 55 percent from the field in the second half and made 4-of-9 3-pointers. One half later, BYU’s shooting cooled to 29 percent and just 6-of-24 from 3-point range. BYU knocked down seven first-half 3-pointers and held the Bearcats to two. The Cougars led by a game-high 10 points in the first half as they shot 37 percent from the field and held Cincinnati to 28 percent.

'We move on and have 48 hours to prepare for a really important game at Baylor.' 'Cincinnati did some things really well and we couldn't quite keep the game the way we wanted it in the second half,' said BYU head coach Mark Pope. 12 BYU fell 71-60 to Cincinnati in its Big 12 opener on Saturday night at the Marriott Center. PROVO, Utah - Trevin Knell tallied a career-high 27 but No. Opens in a new window The BYU Collection.Opens in a new window Authentic Marriott Center Oval Y LED Signs.Opens in a new window Official Nike Gear.Opens in a new window 2023 Basketball Gear.Opens in a new window BYU Big XII Collection.Opens in a new window 2023 Official Game Day Football Tees.Opens in a new window Bobblehead Collection.Opens in a new window Exclusive One of a Kind.Opens in a new window Hoodies & Jackets.

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